| Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing | |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
 The Menin Gate | |
| For the missing of Commonwealth nations (except New Zealand and Newfoundland) who died in the Ypres Salient during the First World War. | |
| Unveiled | 24 July 1927 |
| Location | 50°51′08″N 02°53′30″E / 50.85222°N 2.89167°E near |
| Designed by | Reginald Blomfield |
| Commemorated | 54,896 |
| Burials by nation | |
Commonwealth nations:
| |
| Burials by war | |
World War I: 54,896 | |
To the armies of the British Empire who stood here from 1914 to 1918 and to those of their dead who have no known grave | |
| Official name | Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, vi |
| Designated | 2023 (45th session) |
| Reference no. | 1567-FL17 |
| Statistics source: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. | |
The Menin Gate (Dutch: Menenpoort), officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing,[a] is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown. The memorial is located at the eastern exit of the town and marks the starting point for one of the main roads that led Allied soldiers to the front line.
Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and built by the Imperial War Graves Commission (since renamed the Commonwealth War Graves Commission), the Menin Gate Memorial was unveiled on 24 July 1927.[1] In early 2023, the monument was closed for extensive restoration works, expected to be completed in time for the memorial's centenary in 2027.[2]
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- ^ Jacqueline Hucker. "Monuments of the First and Second World Wars". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ CWGC. "Menin Gate Memorial". CWGC. Retrieved 5 January 2023.